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Actor Bradley Whitford received the 2,858th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on 30 September 2026, joined by his wife Amy Landecker and former West Wing co‑stars Dulé Hill and Martin Sheen. Footage shows Whitford posing with the new honour as Hollywood Chamber of Commerce officials and guests look on, then speaking about his family and what the moment means. The ceremony drew colleagues and fans to the boulevard as Whitford knelt beside the terrazzo marker. He thanked his family for making him feel loved long before luck or fame entered the picture, and said their…

House prices are rising again in Portugal, with the country reaching a new all-time high in September. According to the Idealista price index, (source in Portuguese) prices climbed 7.9% in September compared with the same month last year. On a monthly basis, compared with August, prices also rose by 0.6% nationwide. Based on data from the sales and lettings portal, buying a home cost 3,228 euros per square metre (euros/m2) last month, according to the calculated median value. Vila Real (17.8%), Leiria (17.6%), Beja (14.4%), Faro (14.3%) and Guarda (14.0%) recorded the sharpest increases among district capitals and autonomous regions,…

Published on 01/10/2026 – 12:22 GMT+2 Rogue AI agents attempted to hack US and Canadian government websites, according to non-profit research lab Transluce, with evidence suggesting that Google and OpenAI’s agents were responsible. Two incidents in particular demonstrated aggressive techniques being used to access publicly available data from the US Department of Education’s Civil Rights Data Collection, and Library and Archives Canada, a Canadian federal agency, with both ultimately failing to compromise any data. Transluce reports that the incidents are part of a “broader pattern of automated workflows” attributed to AI agents. “These workflows use aggressive or grey-area techniques to…

The U.K. prime minister — and former Greater Manchester mayor — praises the under-fire Premier League club’s Emirati ownership as “huge partner” in building up the city. Listen AI generated Text-to-speech

Published on 01/10/2026 – 11:40 GMT+2 Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is calling on the European Commission to “take action” in giving national governments more fiscal room to shield households and businesses from a renewed energy-price shock, according to a letter seen by Euronews. “We need more breathing room to protect our citizens and businesses (…) We must find the additional necessary flexibility within the Economic Governance Framework to allow Member States to take additional support measures (…) while safeguarding fiscal sustainability,” reads the letter dated 30 September. Addressing Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Eurogroup President Kyriakos Pierrakakis,…

Scientists monitoring the Rhône Glacier in Switzerland are measuring rapid ice loss after a summer of high temperatures. They track meltwater, use dye to follow its flow and measure how much the surface has dropped. Swiss glaciers lost 5.5% of their remaining ice volume in 2026, the second-largest annual decline on record. Persistent summer heat waves and a dry winter with little snowfall left the ice with less protection and caused melting to start earlier. Some glaciers have lost between 2.5 and 4 metres in thickness this year, with losses of up to 10 metres recorded on some glacier tongues.

Published on 01/10/2026 – 10:57 GMT+2•Updated 11:43 Oil prices slipped in Asian trading on Thursday but bounced back in the European morning as investors weighed a recovery in Gulf crude shipments against the lack of a deal to end the war with Iran. At the time of writing, Brent crude, the international benchmark, was up 2.6% at just above $100 a barrel, while the US benchmark West Texas Intermediate was also up 2.6% at roughly $92.80. Crude exports from the Gulf have climbed back close to pre-war levels, while Saudi Arabia has partly restored its East-West pipeline, which bypasses the…

Unmanned systems are both a growing threat and an increasingly vital part of the defence arsenal. That theme ran through the Tallinn Defence EXPO, where more than 100 companies showed their latest products. The stakes are high for Estonia, which borders Russia. According to an industry briefing, its defence spending rose from 1.9% of GDP in 2013 to an average of 5.4% through 2029. The EXPO was one of six events in Estonian Defence Week, held in Tallinn over five days in late September. The week drew around 4,500 visitors from 56 countries and featured 133 speakers across 68 sessions,…

Trump said he was optimistic about prices coming down as petroleum flows through the Strait of Hormuz have increased in recent days, but he declined to rule out restricting diesel shipments. “It’s something that we think about and we talk about every day,” he said. “But it just seems that it would have a negative impact on gasoline, so that would go up a little bit, and diesel would come down a little bit.” Wright, who has staunchly opposed a ban and was with Trump in the Oval Office on Wednesday, said the administration would soon announce measures aimed at…

Published on 01/10/2026 – 10:58 GMT+2 Israel had warned Britain that Iran was planning an attack on an airbase, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, as he denounced the UK government for still pressuring his administration over treatment of the Palestinians. Speaking to Fox News late on Wednesday, Netanyahu said Israel tipped off Britain about a plot shortly before Burnham’s government announced sanctions on products from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank on 8 September. “You want to hear how absurd things are there and how far the anti-Israel propaganda has gone?” Netanyahu told the US network’s conservative host Sean…